how to convert gray image to color image

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Image=imread('fog1.bmp');
[m n r]=size(Image)
rgb=zeros(m,n,3);
rgb(:,:,1)=Image;
rgb(:,:,2)=rgb(:,:,1);
rgb(:,:,3)=rgb(:,:,1);
Image=rgb/255;
figure,imshow(Image);
I am getting error in the line rgb(:,:,1)=Image;
Can anyone tell whats the error
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 25 Aug 2012
Siva, you've been asking enough questions here that you should learn how to format lines as code. Here's a tip: Just simply highlight the lines of code and click the {}Code icon above the text box. That will format it so that we will see it properly. I've done it for you this time but try to do it yourself next time - it's not hard. Thanks!
Sivakumaran Chandrasekaran
Thanks Image Analyst. I shall follow it

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venkat vasu
venkat vasu on 25 Aug 2012
Edited: Walter Roberson on 26 Aug 2012
Image=imread('fog1.bmp');
if size(Image,3)==3
Image=rgb2gray(Image);
end
[m n r]=size(Image);
rgb=zeros(m,n,3);
rgb(:,:,1)=Image;
rgb(:,:,2)=rgb(:,:,1);
rgb(:,:,3)=rgb(:,:,1);
Image=rgb/255;
figure,imshow(Image);
Try this code...

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Titus Edelhofer
Titus Edelhofer on 25 Aug 2012
Hi,
what's the value of r? One? Or three? I guess your Image is already an RGB image, only that R, G and B are always equal (and therefore you have gray) ...
Titus
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 25 Aug 2012
So the proper code would most likely be:
rgbImage = imread('fog1.bmp');
[rows columns numberOfColorChannels] = size(rgbImage);
if numberOfColorChannels == 1
% It's monochrome, so convert to color.
rgbImage = cat(3, rgbImage, rgbImage, rgbImage);
end
imshow(rgbImage);

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 25 Aug 2012

fereshte
fereshte on 24 May 2014
hi,i tested all codes in this post for my image.but output was gray image.why?
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 24 May 2014
Please post your image and your code as a new question.

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